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Eleven programmes about design ideas, centred round a family, a problem, and a budget.
The Problem: A Temporary Home
The Newly-weds: The Cricks, Hatfield Peverel, Essex
The Designers: Liz Goldfinger, Kenneth Partridge
The Drawings: Don Kidman
The Presenter: Eric Thompson
(Shown last night on BBC-1)

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A weekly programme which focuses on people and the situations which shape their lives.
Reporters: Angela Huth, Jeremy James, John Percival, Trevor Philpott, Desmond Wilcox

This week: Santa Claus for a Year
The mayors of Great Britain-robed, chained, and surrounded by pomp-are under fire. Chosen for seniority and not for talent, they are frequently accused of being pompous but powerless, traditional but irrelevant. We, the rate-payers, pay for them. What do we get back for our money? The Royal Commission on local government is examining the role of mayors. But how do the mayors themselves interpret their duties, behave behind the scenes, give us value for our money?

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'He' is a Welsh Rugby footballer and the idol of the crowds. 'She' is his girl-friend, beautiful and intelligent, but she won't allow herself 'to be worn on his famous elbow like a dress'. Alun Richards's comedy is set in a Welsh shrine - a Rugby Football club - but its traditional cosiness is rudely shattered by a girl who won't play ball.
(Gerald James is a National Theatre player)

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